The role of international law in rebuilding societies after conflict : great expectations / edited by Brett Bowden, Hilary Charlesworth and Jeremy Farrall
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009
The 'state-building enterprise' : legal doctrine, progress narratives and managerial governance / Outi Korhonen -- Democratisation, state-building and politics as technology / Nehal Bhuta -- International law, human rights and the transformative occupation of Iraq / Peter G. Danchin -- Defining democracy in international institutions / Brett Bowden and Hilary Charlesworth -- Democracy and legitimation : challenges in the reconstitution of political processes in Afghanistan / William maley -- Impossible expectations? the UN Security Council's promotion of the rule of law after conflict / Jeremy Farrall -- Legal pluralism and the challenge of building the rule of law in post-conflict states : a case study of Timor-Leste / Laura Grenfell -- From paper to practice : the role of treaty ratification post-conflict / Helen Durham -- Selective universality? : human-rights accountability of the UN in post-conflict operations / Annemarie Devereux -- 'Security starts with the law' : the role of international law in the protection of women's security post-conflict / Amy Maguire -- Grappling in the great lakes : the challenges of international justice in Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda / Phil Clark
Summary
This volume of essays investigates the many roles international law can play in rehabilitating societies after conflict
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-314) and index
Notes
"The genesis of this book was a workshop entitled 'Empire or Empowerment? The Role of International Law in Building Democracy and Justice after Conflict' held at the Australian National University in Canberra on 9-10 August 2007"--Preface
